This is why we always tell you to use grams and not cups!
Wynterbourne
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Bought some campanelle pasta for the first time this weekend. I always weigh my pasta in the measuring cup so I can see the actual cup/grams discrepancy of the various styles versus what the package claims a cup will weigh. This one was enormous. THIS is why you ALWAYS weigh. Do not use volume for calories. One cup here contains 36.4008% more calories then the package claims. I made this image as a visual reminder as to why we always say... ALWAYS WEIGH!
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It's less messy too. I can just stick my smaller pot on the scale, hit tare, and drop the pasta right in there.
The only time I use cups are for water and nut milks. I even tend to weigh out cow's milk.4 -
same thing with peanut butter, a table spoon full and level is closer to the grams of 2 tablespoons!6
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Bran cereal.-1
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Yep!
One minor nitpick, is that cooked pasta on the scale?9 -
MissusMoon wrote: »Yep!
One minor nitpick, is that cooked pasta on the scale?
Nope. That's what campanelle looks like raw. I'm fully aware that the pasta package says 'dry' as part of the serving size.
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So agree with this! I had an old scale from Weight Watchers that only did ounces. When I got my new scale and did grams I decided to torture myself by weighing my favorite foods. Of course I still slip and go to ounces because it is the default on the new scale (still trying to figure out how to change that), but grams is the way to go.2
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Yep! That scale makes all the difference!2
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You have the same scale that I have!
I weigh virtually everything. I also make extensive use of this: http://www.onlineconversion.com/weight_volume_cooking.htm for those items when I only have the measurement in volume and want to know what weight I need.0 -
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What a great illustration of the differences between cups and grams. Thanks for taking the time!6
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sashayoung72 wrote: »same thing with peanut butter, a table spoon full and level is closer to the grams of 2 tablespoons!
I feel like I could fit 4x the serving size of peanut butter in a tablespoon, that business is lumped so high on there lol2 -
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Yep, thanks for sharing.
REALLY weird nutrition label though because typically they say that one serving is one cup COOKED.0 -
Yep, thanks for sharing.
REALLY weird nutrition label though because typically they say that one serving is one cup COOKED.
Every different box and bag of pasta in my cabinet says a serving is 56g uncooked or dry. I've never seen a box list a cooked cup of pasta as a serving. And when the 56g of dry were cooked they were more than a cup.4 -
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baciodolce18 wrote: »
No, it's not. The label explicitly says 1 cup (56g) dry.5 -
baciodolce18 wrote: »
This just makes the cups thing even weirder because depneding on how you like your pasta cooked will make the variances even more unpredictable!
Looking forward to the day US nutrition labels ditch the cups (does anywhere else do this? Obviously we don;t in the UK).3 -
Wynterbourne wrote: »baciodolce18 wrote: »
No, it's not. The label explicitly says 1 cup (56g) dry.
Yeah the label is weird. What brand is it?0 -
VintageFeline wrote: »baciodolce18 wrote: »
This just makes the cups thing even weirder because depneding on how you like your pasta cooked will make the variances even more unpredictable!
Looking forward to the day US nutrition labels ditch the cups (does anywhere else do this? Obviously we don;t in the UK).
I can't weight until US labels list only grams on food.0 -
Ehh, I don't mind them listing things like 5 chips. Personally I'd rather have MFP add grams, heck, even ounces, to more verified entries. Yes, we can make our own entry with grams, but it would be nice to have the site do it for us.3
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Wynterbourne wrote: »baciodolce18 wrote: »
No, it's not. The label explicitly says 1 cup (56g) dry.
Yeah the label is weird. What brand is it?
Private Selection by Kroger. Basically an "upscale" version of a generic supermarket brand.0 -
Wynterbourne wrote: »baciodolce18 wrote: »
No, it's not. The label explicitly says 1 cup (56g) dry.
All the pasta labels in my cupboard are also for dry weight (though for 100g; they also say 1/5 of box, no cup measurement at all). Calories for cooked weight would be so much easier.0 -
RunRachelleRun wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »baciodolce18 wrote: »
No, it's not. The label explicitly says 1 cup (56g) dry.
All the pasta labels in my cupboard are also for dry weight (though for 100g; they also say 1/5 of box, no cup measurement at all). Calories for cooked weight would be so much easier.
Unfortunately, cooked weight will vary every single time based on how long it is cooked. The longer it is cooked the more water it will absorb and the more it will weigh. The calories would always be different weighing the cooked amount. The dry weight doesn't ever vary.12 -
I cook lentils and beans every week and can attest to this.Wynterbourne wrote: »RunRachelleRun wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »baciodolce18 wrote: »
No, it's not. The label explicitly says 1 cup (56g) dry.
All the pasta labels in my cupboard are also for dry weight (though for 100g; they also say 1/5 of box, no cup measurement at all). Calories for cooked weight would be so much easier.
Unfortunately, cooked weight will vary every single time based on how long it is cooked. The longer it is cooked the more water it will absorb and the more it will weigh. The calories would always be different weighing the cooked amount. The dry weight doesn't ever vary.
This week, my lentils in particular were heavy. I weighed out 126 grams dry and came out with over 400 grams cooked.
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VintageFeline wrote: »baciodolce18 wrote: »
This just makes the cups thing even weirder because depneding on how you like your pasta cooked will make the variances even more unpredictable!
Looking forward to the day US nutrition labels ditch the cups (does anywhere else do this? Obviously we don;t in the UK).
Canada uses a mix of Imperial and metric.0 -
Wynterbourne wrote: »MissusMoon wrote: »Yep!
One minor nitpick, is that cooked pasta on the scale?
Nope. That's what campanelle looks like raw. I'm fully aware that the pasta package says 'dry' as part of the serving size.
It's cool, I just couldn't tell!3 -
Virtually every pasta has a 2 oz/56 grams serving size dry.1
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Great thread op! Well done!!3
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Wynterbourne wrote: »
Is that the oxo scale with the pull out display?0 -
BTW... ALL my pasta says the same thing as this label, a serving is 56 grams (2oz.) dry. I have never seen one that says one cup cooked.3
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